Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God. -Søren Kierkegaard
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whisper
Posted in Philosophy, Theology on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
tethered
Posted in Philosophy, Theology on May 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
These past couple months I have been going through major spiritual changes. I swing between unbelief and belief like a pendulum in an old clock. As I have questioned my faith, I have also become cognizant of the limitation of language describing the divine mystery that surrounds us. I have recognized that religious imagery and [...]
Atheists.
Posted in Philosophy, Theology on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Taken from my friend Jeremy’s blog (A Form of Acknowledgement) “We confess that we are atheists, so far as gods of this sort are concerned, but not with repsect to the most true God, the Father of righteousness and temperance and the other virtues, who is free from all impurity. But both Him, and the [...]
mother earth?
Posted in Theology on April 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Receive, O earth, what was taken from your body” An inscription on the tombstone of the seventh century theologian, Gregory the Great What is our relationship to the earth? Is it one rooted in dominance and oppression? Or is it one of delicacy and tenderness? I think St Gregory expressed the Spirit when he decided to have [...]
tangibility of love
Posted in Theology on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“God is love” says a New Testament letter traditionally attributed to St John the Theologian. Love is not, as I used to think, some warm feeling or ‘essence’. Rather, at least according this letter’s theology, something intensely tangible and real. St John speaks these words immediately after telling his readers to, “love one another” (I [...]
